TCC216 Charm is Deceptive

Hi Friends! 

It’s time for our April #216 “Spring Celebrations” Challenge at The Card Concept!

I was inspired by the colors, graphic elements and the leaves on the wall for my Clean and Layered Mixed Media card.

I bought the Bird Collage 4 image from Impression Obsession several years ago and have not had a chance to ink it up in years.  I love this sweet image and was so sad to hear that I/O has gone out of business (but, you may find this stamp on the secondary market).

I decided to pair the bird image with a verse from Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply) and a stencil from Simon Says Stamp.

I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Tic-Tac-Toe #267 Challenge (middle row across Pastels-Free-Birds or Chicks) and the Allsorts #820 Anything Goes optional Spring Flowers Challenge. 

This card was so simple to create-

Heat emboss the bird image onto white cardstock, mask the bird and apply distress oxide inks with the stencil for the background.

Add the black gingham ribbon and embossed sentiment, finish off the card with shimmer paint and pearls.  

FYI- I created the card first without the shimmer paint (see above and in the header), but decided to add it to the background to soften it a bit.  I diluted the frost white shimmer paint with water and used a water brush to layer the paint over the entire background and bird.  It is hard to see in the photo below but it gives a soft shimmer over the entire card. 

Another fairly quick and flat card for mailing!

I hope you have stopped by The Card Concept to see how the rest of the Design Team were inspired as well as check out the other challenge gallery entries!

Stamp Sets: Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply), Bird Collage 4 (retired I/O Stamps)

Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Distress Oxide Inks- Broken China, Scattered Straw, Mowed Lawn; Stampin’ Write Markers- Hello Honey; Frost White Shimmer Paint

Cardstock/Paper: White, Black

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., My Favorite Things Stitched Circle STAX Dies, Debra Stencil (Simon Says Stamp), Stencil Brush, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, ⅜” Black Gingham Ribbon, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by! I hope you are inspired to create a card and join us for our #216 Spring Celebrations at The Card Concept!  The deadline to play along is Monday, May 11^th at noon EDT.  

Come, Follow Me

Hi Friends!

I am finally having a chance to post a few more cards that were designed recently and this card uses the retired Angler stamp set from Stampin’ Up! along with a sentiment from The Waves on the Sea stamp set (currently available at Divinity Designs LLC).

I enjoy participating with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #140 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge (middle row across  Twine, Rectangle, Embossing) along with the AllsortsChallenge #583/84 “Make It Masculine” Challenge and the Simon Says Wednesday  “Anything Goes” Challenge.

If you have not had a chance to check out the above challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the Angler stamp image and the sentiment using Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, stamp onto two separate panels of white cardstock and heat set with a heat tool. 

Using various brown water-based markers, watercolor pencils and distress ink, watercolor the main Angler image.  Die cut with a stitched square die, mount onto espresso cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Stamp the Angler fly fishing lure image using vintage tea archival ink, heat set and watercolor a bit of distress ink to age the paper.  Die cut the sentiment with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto espresso cardstock and trim close to the edge.

Emboss a piece of suede cardstock with a diamond embossing folder, trim and mount onto white cardstock, trim and mount onto espresso cardstock.

Emboss a piece of suede cardstock with a lattice embossing folder, mount onto espresso cardstock, trim and adhere to the background panel.

Mount the entire background panel to a white card base.

Add a piece of knotted twine to the card front, fraying the edges. 

Add pieces of cheesecloth behind the main image and sentiment, pulling to create a bit of distressing.  Mount the main image and sentiment to the card front with chipboard (or dimensional foam).

Stamp Sets: Angler (retired Stampin’ Up!), The Waves on the Sea (Divinity Designs LLC)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate; Tim Holtz® Vintage Tea Archival & Vintage Tea Distress; Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils- Basic Black, Early Espresso

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Soft Suede

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr™, Diamond (Darice) and Square Lattice (retired Stampin’ Up!) Embossing Folders, My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle STAX A2 Set 1, Stitched Square STAX; Heat Tool, AquaPainter™, Cheesecloth, Hemp Twine

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope you have a wonderful week! If you have time, the new Card Concept challenge will post at 8 am – we hope you can join us!

CC800_CC761 Come Near To God

Hi Friends!

I have been busy this week creating a few cards for the #800 Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers (SCS). 

Normally, the SCS Color Challenge consists of one set of colors but this week to celebrate the milestone of 800 challenges (wow!) they have six different color combos (one for each hostess).

I did not think I would have time to participate with all the combos but decided to make that a challenge for myself :-)  I was able to complete them all and will be posting each card in a separate post.

In order to save time (posting is so time consuming for me, lol!), I will be summarizing the creative instructions.  If you have any questions about any of the techniques or steps taken , please let me know in the comments.

This card uses the C800_CC761  Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry and Seaside Spray along with the dessert option of heat embossing.

I decided to watercolor the Everything's Rosy digi image (Power Poppy by Marcella)  and pair it with a heat embossed sentiment from Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply).

The image and sentiment were die cut and matted onto navy cardstock before using the Splitcoaststampers SC303 Sketch for the layout (another one of my personal challenges is to make a card with every one of the SCS Sketch layouts- this sketch was from 2011).  

I am also linking this card to the Allsorts #581/#582 "Flowers All Over" Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #448-#449 "Anything Goes" Challenge.

Stamp Sets: Everything's Rosy (Power Poppy by Marcella), Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Night of Navy, retired Rich Razzleberry Designer Paper (from Hostess Level I Paper Pack)

Ink/Mediums: Versafine™, Printer Ink- black; Stampin' Write Markers and Watercolor Pencils- Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray; Tim Holtz™ Distress Oxide- Tumbled Glass, Clear Glitter Pen

Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr™, retired Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, AquaPainter™, Heat Tool, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, 1” Dark Navy Grosgrain Ribbon, White Crochet Lace, Pearls

Thanks again for visiting- I will be posting the remaining four cards shortly, I hope you can check back again soon!